Tiny Planet

I emerge from the shadows of correcting a stack of undergraduate assignments to bring you this beautiful, oddly ethereal piece of electronica:

My favourite band have released their new single, “Know Your Enemy”, and I quite like it. It’s catchy, although it’s not one of their best tracks. In all likelihood it will need to be heard in the context of the album as a whole, as it’s another rock opera/concept-type album. Regardless, I’m looking forward to 21st Century Breakdown being released next month. As if I wouldn’t buy it. Greenday.com says you can buy the single here, but I don’t know if that works for non-US readers.

Alan is putting out some really good ambient-style music and other bits and pieces that don’t quite fit with Hooray For Humans. He’s also on MySpace here and here.

Now, if you’ll excuse me I’m a hair’s breadth away from utter exhaustion so I blogging will be very light over the next few days.

Any opinions on the Chinese Democracy? It took 13 years and $17m after all.

Yma Sumac, the near legendary singer who claimed to have been descended from Incan royalty, has died in Los Angeles. All sorts of stories surrounded Yma, who had an incredible and peculiar vocal range. Here’s one video of her; I’ll see if I can find some more stuff later.

Not much took my fancy for a links compendium, so here’s something to get you moving instead:

Hallowe’en pumpking carving with robotics (Slashdot, pic via there as well)

Looking for a Hallowe’en scare? Try the latest video games (Reuters)

Ten horror hoaxes that spooked the masses (The Daily Telegraph)

DIY Hallowe’en projects (Lifehacker)

Researchers build “haunted” room (BoingBoing)

And now time for some music.

The Misfits – Scream

Lordi – Hard rock Hallelujah

Cradle of Filth – No Time to Cry

And a horror of a different kind: Jan Terri – Losing You

I’m swamped but hope to do a photo post or two over the weekend. In the meantime:

Ireland to lose full employment: BoI (RTÉ)

Does the Border matter in a time of recession? (Slugger O’Toole)

Australian plan to kill the internet (Mr Angry)

Bailout, schmailout (Jeff Jarvis)

MTV expected to announce Beatles Rock Band deal (Reuters)

Google Reader now shows how good (or bad) you are at reading (CNet)

I’m away for the weekend, so consequently Tiny Planet shall go quiet for a few days. To keep things ticking over, here’s some disco, Turisas style.

I used to do a daily list of links, but that fell by the wayside for some reason. Consider this a restart.

Skippy on the menu as Australia seeks to fight global warming. (Bloomberg; for the record, kangaroo meat isn’t bad)

Suit against God tossed over lack of address. (AP/MSNBC.com)

Consumption of psychoactive drugs by Tiwanakuan mummies. (Anthropology.net)

Crate expectations: 12 shipping container housing ideas. (Treehugger)

What your home and workspace say about your politics. (Lifehacker)

The music alliance pact. (UnaRocks)

Nerd rage. (1,000 Tiny Things I Hate)

Forget subprime mortgages, it was bin Laden. (The National)

Choir mistress pays hospital parking fine in 3,500 pennies. (The Daily Telegraph)